Recs if you like Brown Girl Dreaming...

If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that go past the July start date and match at least one of these title prompts: Periodic Table, Familial Terms, Rainbow of Words (also Joseph's coat), Numerical Titles, Titular Counting 5+, Pun in the Title, and First & Last Name in the Title. Recommendations welcome!

audiobooks where the narrator is the author! any book goes, no matter the genre. there may be multiple versions of the audiobook, but at least one version has the author as narrator. please suggest more in the comments!

This is a list of books for kids who need something to read! It ranges from 6-12 and included in here are all sorts of genres! Recommendations welcome. 😊( When there are series included on here, only the first book is added, this is the same for all my lists).

All Non-Fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue. Currently in works!

Complete as of August 2026.

A curated list of banned books by Black authors. Updated regularly

Books that were nominated for the John Newbery Medal for distinguished contributions to juvenile literature but did not win Currently lists nominees up to 2024

celebrating our Black brothers & sisters all year round

This is a list of books for the Read The States Challenge. Read any on each of the state lists and be awarded the pride of knowing you have read all across the US!

Technically for the HRCYED rainbow challenge and the coat of many colors secret challenge but if you just like your color titles then I hope you find something for you!

The BBC’s 100 Greatest Children’s Books of All Time as published in May 2023.

Unique, compelling, more literary nonfiction that would work well for fans of literary fiction. Some of these are nonlinear or have other interesting elements.

Children’s Literature: A broad study of literature for children since 1800, with the emphasis on American works since 1950, including aesthetic consideration of the art and design of picture books. Works for children up to the age of 12 are considered.

This is a list of middle grade books that have been honored or awarded with the Newbery Award among other children's literature awards, including the Pura Belpré Award, APALA Literature Award, Coretta Scott King Book Award, and Schneider Family Book Award.

All of these books I got assigned to read between elementary, middle, and high school and they have changed and wrecked me for the better.

Pair with "Level 7 – Exploring Your World" book.

The world scares me sometimes, and I need to run away. These are the books that let me escape for a while. I can't promise they are any less scary - but at least they are different!